Wednesday, May 22, 2013
There's still no official confirmation, but the Boston Globe and Cape Cod Times are both reviving the widely-accepted rumor that President Barack Obama is bringing his family back to Martha's Vineyard for the first time since 2011 — perhaps to Farm Neck.
Will we be seeing President Barack Obama and his family at the Farm Neck Golf Club and Café this summer? The Obamas are reputed to be considering Farm Neck for their 2013 Martha's Vineyard vacation, the Boston Globe reports online. The Cape Cod Times also picked up the renewed rumor that the Obamas will be back for their fourth Vineyard vacation after skipping the Island last year. On their last sojourn here in 2011, the Obamas rented a rural getaway up-Island. That property, Blue Heron Farm, has since been sold to new owners. As Martha's Vineyard has learned, White House vacation plans usually aren't confirmed until they're about to begin: In past years, official notification hasn't come until August for the Obamas' Vineyard vacations …
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Sunday, March 24, 2013
Patch readers' favorite local stories this week begin with news that the reality TV show "The Vineyard" is starting production in Vineyard Haven in early May.
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Sunday, March 17, 2013
Our video and photo gallery of storm devastation in Chilmark quickly zoomed to the top of this week's most-read stories. Here's a round-up of the articles most popular with Martha's Vineyard Patch readers this week, month and year to date.
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Sunday, March 10, 2013
The top headlines on Martha's Vineyard Patch for the past week, March to date and 2013 to date, with links to the articles in case you missed any of them.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
President Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.
President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden were re-elected Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney and his vice-presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan. NBC News called the presidential election for Obama around 11:15 EST. The president sent a message on Twitter at 10:14 saying simply, "This happened because of you. Thank you." The Obama campaign won the most expensive presidential race ever, with both parties raising about $2.6 billion. The race was filled with negative campaigning on both sides, from President Obama attacking Romney’s business experience with Bain Capital to Romney lambasting Obama’s handling of the economy. The race tightened during the final months of the campaign, with gaffes and surges …
A majority of voters in Massachusetts on Tuesday cast their ballot for Barack Obama, giving him the state's 11 Electoral votes.
Barack Obama won Massachusetts' 11 electoral votes on Tuesday, defeating Republican Mitt Romney. In the 2008 presidential election, the state voted for the Democratic candidate, and since the 1990s has voted for the overall winner of the presidential race 3 out of 5 times. Shortly after 8 p.m., the AP called Massachusetts for Obama, along with with six other east coast states and the District of Columbia. Romney and Obama did not campaign aggressively in Massachusetts. The state has typically been a Democratic stronghold in recent presidential elections. The economy was a key issue for many voters in the state, as was the Affordable Care Act, colloquially known as Obamacare. Romney cast his ballot this morning in his hometown of Belmont, …
What's it like inside one of America's most exclusive parties? Patch is there to find out.
Mitt Romney's back in Massachusetts and throwing a party tonight. Ever wonder what a presidential election night party is like? What do you wear? What's the food like? How excited do people get? Newton Patch Editor Melanie Graham is at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center for Romney's shin-dig and will tweet out all these details and more as the night goes on.
How might the U.S. Senate race between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren affect the presidential race—and vice-versa? Find out what local politicos think, and check here late for election results. Connect with us on Twitter at #PatchElections.
Check back at your local Patch all day for live election updates. While Massachusetts is expected to go to Barack Obama over Mitt Romney in the race for President of the United States, influential Massachusetts political insiders have varying opinions on how the U.S. Senate race between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren will affect the presidential race, and vice versa. According to results from the Blue Commonwealth and Red Commonwealth surveys sent out last week and compiled today, Monday, 60 percent of the 23 local Republicans who responded think that the Brown-Warren race will result a modest increase in votes for Romney, while 40 percent of the 20 local Democrats who responded think the U.S. Senate race will increase Obama's total of …
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney squared off in the third and last presidential debate on Monday, Oct. 22. Here's how Massachusetts Republicans and Democrats reacted.
Massachusetts Republicans and Democrats both expressed confidence in their candidates after the final presidential debate, with Republicans citing Gov. Mitt Romney projecting an image of a "capable Commander-in-Chief" and Democrats citing President Barack Obama's line about the military having "fewer horses and bayonets" as standout moments: that's the major finding of the Red and Blue Commonwealth flash polls sent out to local politicos immediately after the debate ended on Monday night. Obama and Romney faced off on Oct. 22 at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florda, with CBS' Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer moderating a debate that focused on foreign policy, but regularly delved back into domestic policy differences between the …
Monday, October 22, 2012
President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney meet again for their third and final debate in election 2012.
President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney met Monday night at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. to debate foreign policy. Many pundits have likened the three debates between Obama and Romney to a series of boxing matches, with Romney winning the first and the Obama squeaking by with a narrow victory in the second. Patch is asking readers to weigh in on the decision for the third. Tuesday morning, Patch will have flash survey results from Massachusetts political activists and leaders, both Republican and Democratic. But right now, what about you: what do you think? Who would you say 'won' this third presidential debate? Tell us in the comments sections below.
Louisa Hufstader
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